Hi Samuel, > Le 24 oct. 2015 à 02:22, Samuel Ortiz <sameo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > > Hi Vincent, > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 12:15:28AM +0000, Vincent Cuissard wrote: >>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/nfc/nfcmrvl.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/nfc/nfcmrvl.txt >>>>>> index 41058fc..0f95924 100644 >>>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/nfc/nfcmrvl.txt >>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/nfc/nfcmrvl.txt >>>>>> @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ >>>>>> >>>>>> Required properties: >>>>>> - compatible: Should be: >>>>>> - - "mrvl,nfc-uart" for UART devices >>>>>> - - "mrvl,nfc-i2c" for I2C devices >>>>>> - - "mrvl,nfc-spi" for SPI devices >>>>>> + - "marvell,nfc-uart" for UART devices >>>>>> + - "marvell,nfc-i2c" for I2C devices >>>>>> + - "marvell,nfc-spi" for SPI devices >>>>> >>>>> There is no point in changing these and doing so breaks backwards compatibility. >>>> >>>> There is no break since these 2 drivers are new. In the same patchset I first set mrvl and replace it to marvell since I figured out that this is the name for all other Marvell drivers. >>> I agree the i2c and spi drivers are new, but not the uart one. >>> That one should be supported in a backward compatible way. >> >> Since our chips are not sold through distributors yet I know that no one is using this UART driver yet. >> >> That's why I changed this compatible string without any trouble. >> >> If you really want I can keep the compatibility here but it will just add code that will never be used. >> >> As you wish. > I consider a device tree binding as an ABI and I don't think there > should be any exception for breaking a kernel ABI backward > compatibility. Please keep this code in. Ok, I will update this on Monday. Br, -- Vincent-- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
